Sale reports / Mississippi / Peoples Livestock Auction / 2026-06-08

Peoples Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Houston, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2123
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 25▲ 12 vs year ago 14 · +85.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 0▲ 25 vs year ago 8 · +312.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cattle traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Active trade among all buyers. Quality mostly average. On a good note, good steady rains continue to fall.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.00/cwt on 1 head, up $21.75 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +50.11 against this barn's trailing median of $364.89.
Average price
$415.00
▲ 21.75 vs prior sale
1 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,303
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+37.05
vs MS average
+14.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2555415.002,3031thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
415.00
—
MS average14 barns · 166 hd
377.95
+37.05
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
+14.48
This barn, trailing median4 sales
364.89
+50.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
411379348316median 364.8903/2307/1310/1210/2610/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $396.96, low $330.42, median $364.89 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,800210.003,7801thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,239183.452,27326
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045155.341,6235thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,010$1,8502thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)945$1,6501thin

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Peoples Livestock Auction - Houston, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,5751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2407432.99/cwt430.00–435.001,7625
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full430310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9762
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0581
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3551
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2031
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530412.57/cwt405.00–420.002,1872
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,800210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,7801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045155.34/cwt135.00–176.001,6235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222177.60/cwt158.00–190.002,17019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286199.33/cwt190.00–210.002,5637
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0101,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.